Picocrypt is a very small (hence Pico), very simple, yet very secure encryption tools that you can use to protect your files. It's designed to be the go-to tool for encryption, with a focus on security, simplicity, and reliability.
- GitHub: github.com/Picocrypt/Picocrypt
Picocrypt Source Code
Author
Description
A very small, very simple, yet very secure encryption tool.
Homepage
License
GPL-3.0
Created
01 Jun 24
Last Updated
26 Feb 26
Latest version
Primary Language
Go
Size
1,661 KB
Stars
1,470
Forks
102
Watchers
1,470
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Star History
Top Contributors
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@HACKERALERT (333)
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@dependabot[bot] (15)
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@Retengart (13)
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@hakavlad (1)
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@CodeCracker-oss (1)
Recent Commits
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Clean up for archiving repository
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Update README.md: project archived
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Update README.md: better license wording
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Update README.md: clarify GPL 3.0 only
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Update Picocrypt.go: GPL-3.0-only
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Update Picocrypt.go: GPLv3 -> GPL-3.0-or-later
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Update README.md: add archival notice
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Update README.md: link to Windows installer
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Merge pull request #133 from Picocrypt/release-1.49 Release v1.49
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Update io.github.picocrypt.Picocrypt.metainfo.xml: update release changes
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Update Changelog.md: release v1.49
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Merge branch 'main' into release-1.49
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Update README.md: missing /decrypt in Web section
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Update README: simplifications, macOS notice
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Update README: remove homebrew and mobile section Cleaning up the repo as I will potentially stop working on Picocrypt forever
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Merge branch 'main' into release-1.49
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Update Changelog: sticking with freedesktop 24.08 for now 25.08 is not out yet and the golang sdk might also take some time to get itself onto 25.08. 24.08 is supported for until next year so for 1.49 at least, it's fine to stick with 24.08.
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Merge branch 'main' into release-1.49
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Update Picocrypt.go: bump var version to 1.49
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Update Changelog: upx Linux binary, update upx for Windows
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Merge pull request #132 from Retengart/upx-for-linux UPX for Linux & upgrade UPX for Windows
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Merge branch 'main' into upx-for-linux
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add: Cyrillic symbols support
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Update Picocrypt.go header comment version to 1.49
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Update versioninfo.rc to 1.49
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Update flatpak xml in prep for 1.49
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Update VERSION to 1.49
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Update Changelog.md: Added support for Cyrillic characters
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add: latest UPX for Windows
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add: upx compression for Linux build & fix: optimize upx build for Windows
Picocrypt Reviews
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About the Data: Picocrypt
API
You can access Picocrypt's data programmatically via our API.
Simply make a GET request to:
https://api.awesome-privacy.xyz/essentials/file-encryption/picocryptThe REST API is free, no-auth and CORS-enabled. To learn more, view the Swagger Docs or read the API Usage Guide.
About the Data
Beyond the user-submitted YAML you see above, we also augment each listing with additional data dynamically fetched from several sources. To learn more about where the rest of data included in this page comes from, and how it is computed, see the About the Data section of our About page.
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